By Pamela Wisniewski
/ July 14, 2020
Agha/Razi – GHC Scholars
Congratulations to Ph.D. students Zainab Agha and Afsaneh Razi on receiving scholarships to attend the Virtual Grace Hopper Celebration 2020. Committed to supporting the advancement of women in computing, the STIR Lab wishes the best for Zainab and Afsaneh as they plan to attend GHC along with thousands of other...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ July 7, 2020
New Senior Design Team
The STIR Lab is proud to announce that we are sponsoring a new Senior Design Team at UCF. The team is comprised of Computer Science undergraduate seniors Samuel Beatson, Samuel Armininana Quintana, Jason Dhillon and Blakely Barr. The team will be working with Dr. Wisniewski and STIR Lab PhD student...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ July 3, 2020
Accepted GHC posters
Congratulations to STIR Lab members Heidi Hartikainen and Ashwaq Soubai on having posters accepted to the Grace Hopper Celebration 2020 General Poster Session! Heidi's poster, "Online Peer Support for Adolescent Online Sexual Risk" analyzes social media trace data from a peer support platform to examine what online sexual experiences with...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ July 3, 2020
Pfeil Proposal Defense
Congratulations to STIR Lab Ph.D. Candidate Kevin Pfiel on successfully defending his dissertation proposal on "Balancing User Experience Between Streamer and Viewer in Mobile Human-to-Human Telepresence". Kevin did an excellent job presenting his work so far and plan to complete his dissertation, and the STIR Lab wishes him the best...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ July 1, 2020
Razi – Mozilla Internship
Congratulations to STIR Lab Ph.D. candidate Afsaneh Razi, who recently began a summer internship with Mozilla Research. Afsaneh will be working in Mozilla's Voice Consumer Products team, which is part of the Emerging Technologies R&D division. She will be working on Firefox Voice, where she will utilize her background and...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ June 20, 2020
Wisniewski Mentoring Award
Congratulations to Dr. Wisniewski on receiving an ORC 2020 Mentoring Opportunity Program award! This program's award is intended to pair UCF senior and junior faculty in a mentoring relationship, and will be used to support a faculty research partnership effort with her mentee, Dr. Lindsay Taliaferro, an Assistant Professor in...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ June 19, 2020
CHI’20 Presentation
Our CHI 2020 presentation for the paper "Let's Talk about Sext: How Adolescents Seek Support and Advice about Their Online Sexual Experiences" is now available! This research work provides more insights into how adolescents talk about their online sexual interactions on an online peer support platform. Please watch the video...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ June 11, 2020
Blue Whale Challenge Article
Congratulations to Dr. Wisniewski and her co-authors on the publishing of an article in the JMIR Journal of Mental Health (JMH). The article, titled "Examining the Self-harm and Suicide Contagion Effects Related to the Portrayal of the Blue Whale Challenge on YouTube and Twitter", investigates the way individuals portray the...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ May 21, 2020
IDC Position Paper Accepted
Congratulations to STIR Lab Ph.D. students, Neeraj Chatlani and Zachary Shea, and Dr. Wisniewski for the acceptance of a position paper into an IDC 2020 workshop! This paper will be part of the workshop, titled "Teaching the Next Generation of Child-Computer Interaction Researchers and Designers" which seeks to gauge the...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ May 15, 2020
Chatlani Admitted to M&S
Congratulations to STIR Lab student Neeraj Chatlani, who was recently admitted to UCF's Modelling and Simulation PhD program! Neeraj will begin his new program in the Fall, along with his ongoing research projects at the STIR Lab. We look forward to seeing Neeraj begin to progress in his Ph.D., and...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ May 10, 2020
Wisniewski Awarded Tenure
Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski on her recent promotion to the rank of Associate Professor, and her award of tenure at the University of Central Florida! Dr. Wisniewski is thankful for the strong support she received at the department, college, and university-levels of the tenure and promotion committee. She is...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ May 9, 2020
Class of 2020 – Irina
As we wrap up our goodbyes to our graduating students of 2020, we'd like to highlight the STIR Lab's graduating Master's student, Irina Lediaeva. As Irina prepares to return to her home country of Russia, she took some time to reflect on her experiences in the STIR Lab: "First of...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ May 8, 2020
Class of 2020 – Christy
As we at the STIR Lab continue to bid farewell to our graduating students of 2020, we highlight another of our undergraduate students. Christy LaPerriere has graduated from the University of Central Florida having received her BA in Digital Media Web Design with Magna Cum Laude honors. In the Fall,...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ May 7, 2020
Class of 2020 – Zaina
As the STIR Lab continues to bid farewell to our graduating students of 2020, we are proud to announce that Zaina Aljallad, one of our graduating undergraduate students, has accepted a position as a UX researcher for NCR in Atlanta! As Zaina prepared for her graduation, she took some time...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ May 6, 2020
Class of 2020 – Timothy
As our spring semester comes to a close here at the STIR Lab, it's time to bid farewell to our graduating students in the Class of 2020. One of our undergraduates, Timothy Dinh, has accomplished his Bachelor's of Science degree in Information Technology. As Tim begins his future career pursuits,...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ April 22, 2020
Wisniewski TIP Award
Congratulations to Dr. Wisniewksi on being selected to receive a UCF Teaching Incentive Program award! These awards are made available by UCF each academic year, and recognize employee contributions to to the university's key goals of offering the best undergraduate education available in Florida and achieving international prominence in key...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ April 17, 2020
CHI Virtual Presentation
The STIR Lab is proud to announce that, in light of the decision by SIGCHI to not hold a virtual CHI 2020, that Ph.D. student Afsaneh Razi will be presenting her work as part of a series of presentations, on April 30th. A (Virtual) Taste of CHI 2020 will feature...
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By Pamela Wisniewski
/ April 13, 2020
Shea Admitted to M&S PhD
Congratulations to STIR Lab student Zachary Shea who has been admitted to UCF's Modelling and Simulation Ph.D. program! Zachary has also been awarded the Graduate Dean's Fellowship, which will support him in the first year of his PhD, supplementing his Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA). We look forward to seeing Zachary...
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